Maine: The sun rises here first (in the USA, anyway), giving "Mainers" (and visitors) first dibs on an array of wildlife that rivals most anywhere else. Hard-to-find songbirds like Black-Throated Blue Warblers and Bicknell Thrush, the country's most diverse range of sea ducks and other oceanic birds (highlighted by the Atlantic Puffin), not to mention seals and whales. Add a few other benefits (fresh lobster, no traffic, that world-famous rocky coastline), and you've got yourself quite an adventure ahead.
